The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 28, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: D Civil
Attendance:: 26,608
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 1)
Leicester City:: Oct 20, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3113 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1526 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3516 (of 5724)
Total:: 4881 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 1 month, 29 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: DLWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Colin Walsh (89')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Jock Wallace
Prior form: LLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Stephen Lynex (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
2	D	24	Viv Anderson
3	D	26	Frank Gray
4	M	20	Stuart Gray
5	D	27	Kenny Burns
6	D	22	Bryn Gunn
7	M	19	Gary Mills off for Raimondo Ponte
8	F	24	Ian Wallace
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	M	18	Colin Walsh (89')
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12	M	25	Raimondo Ponte on for Gary Mills

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mark Wallington
2	D	John O'Neill
3	D	Paul Friar
4	D	Thomas Williams
5	D	Larry May
6	M	Andy Peake
7	M	Kevin MacDonald
8	M	Ian Wilson
9	M	Alan Young
10	F	James Melrose
11	F	Stephen Lynex
Subs
12		Pat Byrne

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Feb 28, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-2	Middlesbrough
Coventry City	0-4	Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace	2-3	Everton
Leicester City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	2-0	Southampton
Manchester United	0-1	Leeds United
Norwich City	3-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Sunderland	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Aston Villa

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Ipswich Town	30	18	10	2	58	25	12	4	0	35	8	6	6	2	23	17	33	46	WDWWWW	Safe
	2	Aston Villa	30	19	6	5	52	26	12	2	1	28	7	7	4	4	24	19	26	44	DWWWWW	Safe
	3	Liverpool	31	12	14	5	52	37	9	5	1	31	13	3	9	4	21	24	15	38	LWLLDD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	10	6	41	28	9	3	2	24	8	5	7	4	17	20	13	38	WWLWWD
	5	Southampton	31	14	8	9	60	45	11	3	2	39	21	3	5	7	21	24	15	36	WWWWDL
	6	Nottingham Forest	30	14	8	8	47	32	11	1	3	35	17	3	7	5	12	15	15	36	DLWDWW
	7	Arsenal	31	12	12	7	45	37	9	6	0	26	12	3	6	7	19	25	8	36	WLDDLW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	10	9	56	50	8	6	2	35	23	4	4	7	21	27	6	34	WWWDDL
	9	Manchester United	31	8	16	7	37	28	5	10	0	23	10	3	6	7	14	18	9	32	WLWLDL
	10	Middlesbrough	30	13	4	13	43	41	11	4	1	32	11	2	0	12	11	30	2	30	LLWWLW
	11	Manchester City	31	11	8	12	42	43	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	8	17	25	-1	30	DWLDWL
	12	Everton	29	11	7	11	43	37	7	6	3	27	18	4	1	8	16	19	6	29	LLDLLW
	13	Birmingham City	31	10	9	12	40	46	8	4	4	26	19	2	5	8	14	27	-6	29	LLLWDW
	14	Stoke City	31	8	13	10	36	46	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	7	14	29	-10	29	DLDWLL
	15	Leeds United	31	11	7	13	26	41	8	3	5	12	16	3	4	8	14	25	-15	29	LWWDLW
	16	Coventry City	31	10	8	13	38	47	7	5	3	24	20	3	3	10	14	27	-9	28	DLDDWL
	17	Sunderland	31	10	6	15	39	39	8	3	4	23	13	2	3	11	16	26	0	26	WWLLWL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	8	13	31	42	9	1	4	20	13	0	7	9	11	29	-11	26	LWDWDL
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	31	9	5	17	37	53	7	2	7	21	22	2	3	10	16	31	-16	23	LLLLDW
	20	Leicester City	31	9	2	20	23	48	5	2	8	12	15	4	0	12	11	33	-25	20	LLWWLW
	21	Norwich City	31	7	6	18	32	60	5	6	4	23	20	2	0	14	9	40	-28	20	LLLLLL
	22	Crystal Palace	31	5	5	21	37	64	5	4	6	26	25	0	1	15	11	39	-27	15	DDLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Ipswich Town	31	19	10	2	62	25	12	4	0	35	8	7	6	2	27	17	37	48	DWWWWW	Safe	4-0
	2	Aston Villa	31	20	6	5	53	26	12	2	1	28	7	8	4	4	25	19	27	46	WWWWWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Liverpool	32	13	14	5	54	37	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	17	40	WLLDDW		2-0
	4	West Bromwich Albion	31	14	11	6	43	30	9	4	2	26	10	5	7	4	17	20	13	39	WLWWDD		2-2
1	5	Nottingham Forest	31	14	9	8	48	33	11	1	3	35	17	3	8	5	13	16	15	37	LWDWWD		1-1
1	6	Arsenal	32	12	13	7	47	39	9	7	0	28	14	3	6	7	19	25	8	37	LDDLWD		2-2
2	7	Southampton	32	14	8	10	60	47	11	3	2	39	21	3	5	8	21	26	13	36	WWWDLL		0-2
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	11	9	57	51	8	6	2	35	23	4	5	7	22	28	6	35	WWDDLD		1-1
	9	Manchester United	32	8	16	8	37	29	5	10	1	23	11	3	6	7	14	18	8	32	LWLDLL		0-1
2	10	Everton	30	12	7	11	46	39	7	6	3	27	18	5	1	8	19	21	7	31	LDLLWW		3-2
1	11	Middlesbrough	31	13	5	13	45	43	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	12	13	32	2	31	LWWLWD		2-2
3	12	Leeds United	32	12	7	13	27	41	8	3	5	12	16	4	4	8	15	25	-14	31	WWDLWW		1-0
2	13	Manchester City	31	11	8	12	42	43	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	8	17	25	-1	30	DWLDWL
1	14	Birmingham City	32	10	10	12	42	48	8	4	4	26	19	2	6	8	16	29	-6	30	LLWDWD		2-2
1	15	Stoke City	31	8	13	10	36	46	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	7	14	29	-10	29	DLDWLL
	16	Coventry City	32	10	8	14	38	51	7	5	4	24	24	3	3	10	14	27	-13	28	LDDWLL		0-4
	17	Sunderland	32	10	7	15	40	40	8	4	4	24	14	2	3	11	16	26	0	27	WLLWLD		1-1
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	8	14	31	43	9	1	5	20	14	0	7	9	11	29	-12	26	WDWDLL		0-1
	19	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	9	5	18	38	56	7	2	7	21	22	2	3	11	17	34	-18	23	LLLDWL		1-3
1	20	Norwich City	32	8	6	18	35	61	6	6	4	26	21	2	0	14	9	40	-26	22	LLLLLW		3-1
1	21	Leicester City	32	9	3	20	24	49	5	3	8	13	16	4	0	12	11	33	-25	21	LWWLWD		1-1
	22	Crystal Palace	32	5	5	22	39	67	5	4	7	28	28	0	1	15	11	39	-28	15	DLLLLL		2-3

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